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Troponin testing: an audit in three metropolitan hospitals

Richard X Davey
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (10): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05693.x
Published online: 17 November 2003

Richard X Davey


  • Melbourne Health Shared Pathology Service, Western Hospital, Footscray, VIC 3011.


Correspondence: Richard.Davey@wh.org.au

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